Daniele Florean
@daniflorean.bsky.social
He/Him - Researcher @Goethe University Frankfurt.
Bike mechanic @BLF Bamberg
DF5TB on the air
https://drflorean.github.io/florean/
Interests: Gender inequalities, demography, (pro) cycling, black metal, mobility activism, ham radio, disaster relief
Bike mechanic @BLF Bamberg
DF5TB on the air
https://drflorean.github.io/florean/
Interests: Gender inequalities, demography, (pro) cycling, black metal, mobility activism, ham radio, disaster relief
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In personal and professional news, i have a personal website! You can visit it here (drflorean.github.io/florean/), the same link you find in my bio.
It is still under developement in some sections, but I have great plans for it. Especially now that I am starting to look for a job.
It is still under developement in some sections, but I have great plans for it. Especially now that I am starting to look for a job.
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
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"IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN UNDER PAIN OF DEATH TO USE WATER FROM THE AQUEDUCT TO RUN GRAIN MILLS"
Northern European reads this: "wow, guess they didn't use the water from aqueducts for the mills"
Italian reads this: "So I guess it was full of aqueduct driven mills hu?"
Northern European reads this: "wow, guess they didn't use the water from aqueducts for the mills"
Italian reads this: "So I guess it was full of aqueduct driven mills hu?"
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN UNDER PAIN OF DEATH TO USE WATER FROM THE AQUEDUCT TO RUN GRAIN MILLS"
Northern European reads this: "wow, guess they didn't use the water from aqueducts for the mills"
Italian reads this: "So I guess it was full of aqueduct driven mills hu?"
Northern European reads this: "wow, guess they didn't use the water from aqueducts for the mills"
Italian reads this: "So I guess it was full of aqueduct driven mills hu?"
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The Mallorca rule applies here too: if you can't function outside of Bödefeld-Schmallenberg, just stay in fucking Bödefeld-Schmallenberg. Not like the rest of the world is jonesing for a visit from some of the least fun people on the planet.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Mallorca rule applies here too: if you can't function outside of Bödefeld-Schmallenberg, just stay in fucking Bödefeld-Schmallenberg. Not like the rest of the world is jonesing for a visit from some of the least fun people on the planet.
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It’s nice to also see some good news sometimes. Important ruling
European Court of Justice rules that same-sex marriages should be recognized across the EU. 🇪🇺
European Court of Justice rules that same-sex marriages should be recognized across the EU. 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It’s nice to also see some good news sometimes. Important ruling
European Court of Justice rules that same-sex marriages should be recognized across the EU. 🇪🇺
European Court of Justice rules that same-sex marriages should be recognized across the EU. 🇪🇺
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We’ve spent 15+ years as a field in political science/IPE trying to make trade the primary culprit for populist authoritarianism when cycles of financial bubbles, crashes, bailouts, & austerity are right there in front of us.
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We’ve spent 15+ years as a field in political science/IPE trying to make trade the primary culprit for populist authoritarianism when cycles of financial bubbles, crashes, bailouts, & austerity are right there in front of us.
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
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Hot take—contrary to popular belief, I am tempted to believe that children are actually worse than adults at learning languages. It’s just that they dedicate a lot more time to it and we’re a lot less forgiving of ourselves when we can’t speak languages to adult standards.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hot take—contrary to popular belief, I am tempted to believe that children are actually worse than adults at learning languages. It’s just that they dedicate a lot more time to it and we’re a lot less forgiving of ourselves when we can’t speak languages to adult standards.
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If you're a man struggling to find your place in the world, there's hope. It's called getting a General Class Amateur Radio License.
To my mind, I think the core of the problem is that greater - if still imperfect - gender equality allowed women access to more 'life scripts' as it were, but society mostly still presents men with just one script and that script poorly and incompletely.
So some men are fine and many are adrift.
So some men are fine and many are adrift.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
If you're a man struggling to find your place in the world, there's hope. It's called getting a General Class Amateur Radio License.
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Returning to my proposal that while billionaires still exist, every one of them should have their media diet controlled by a maximally woke sociology grad student.
It's wild that you can see the *exact moment* their brains collectively shattered
I'm never not thinking about @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social's suggestion that every billionaire get a humanities grad student assigned to monitor their media consumption and group chats
I'm never not thinking about @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social's suggestion that every billionaire get a humanities grad student assigned to monitor their media consumption and group chats
The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Returning to my proposal that while billionaires still exist, every one of them should have their media diet controlled by a maximally woke sociology grad student.
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I've realised what "See it, say it, sorted" is advertising: driving
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
"See it, say it, sorted" is annoying because it's obviously a marketing slogan. I'm just not sure what they're selling. Fear of public spaces?
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've realised what "See it, say it, sorted" is advertising: driving
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
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you have the dancing plague
bleeding feet, won’t see middle age
dancing plague
reasons for it are still opaque
oh yeah
bleeding feet, won’t see middle age
dancing plague
reasons for it are still opaque
oh yeah
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
you have the dancing plague
bleeding feet, won’t see middle age
dancing plague
reasons for it are still opaque
oh yeah
bleeding feet, won’t see middle age
dancing plague
reasons for it are still opaque
oh yeah
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Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
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only 2 months ago, pro-Palestinian protesters at La Vuelta were being told that protesting a bike race won’t make a difference
today, the team they were protesting announced that they’ve dumped their owner, rebranded and registered in a new country
procyclinguk.com/nsn-cycling-...
today, the team they were protesting announced that they’ve dumped their owner, rebranded and registered in a new country
procyclinguk.com/nsn-cycling-...
NSN Cycling Team launched as Israel-Premier Tech era ends, with Swiss licence and Spanish base – and Biniam Girmay as marquee signing - ProCyclingUK
WorldTour cycling enters 2026 with a seismic shift. The long-running Israel-Premier Tech structure is no more, replaced by a new organisation built around Swiss registration, Spanish operational bases and a heavyweight commercial partnership. The new outfit, confirmed by Marca as NSN Cycling Team, signals the start of a fresh chapter driven by global investment, entertainment-industry […]
procyclinguk.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
only 2 months ago, pro-Palestinian protesters at La Vuelta were being told that protesting a bike race won’t make a difference
today, the team they were protesting announced that they’ve dumped their owner, rebranded and registered in a new country
procyclinguk.com/nsn-cycling-...
today, the team they were protesting announced that they’ve dumped their owner, rebranded and registered in a new country
procyclinguk.com/nsn-cycling-...
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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When I'm asked what kind of friend groups I have:
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
When I'm asked what kind of friend groups I have:
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It stops sorting your inbox into folders, btw, when you turn this off. As the inbox folders predate Gemini, this is a passive-aggressive attempt to make gmail a miserable experience unless you turn AI on, not a necessity.
Really, *really* inconvenient but makes me more determined to keep it off.
Really, *really* inconvenient but makes me more determined to keep it off.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It stops sorting your inbox into folders, btw, when you turn this off. As the inbox folders predate Gemini, this is a passive-aggressive attempt to make gmail a miserable experience unless you turn AI on, not a necessity.
Really, *really* inconvenient but makes me more determined to keep it off.
Really, *really* inconvenient but makes me more determined to keep it off.
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Another reason why Europe cannot accept American dominance and exploitation of the international financial system. It's a mafia state we should protect ourselves from bsky.app/profile/vict...
A French ICC judge placed under US sanctions for his work on the ongoing Gaza genocide case describes how sanctions have impacted his life: no Amazon, PayPal, Visa or Mastercard; severely restricted banking; hotel bookings canceled—"like being sent back to the 1990s." www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Another reason why Europe cannot accept American dominance and exploitation of the international financial system. It's a mafia state we should protect ourselves from bsky.app/profile/vict...
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Idee für die nächste Verfilmung: Victor Frankenstein, ein wissenshungriger early career researcher, forscht an der Universität Ingolstadt, doch das WissZeitVG zwingt ihn, sein Projekt in die Schweiz und bis nach schottland mitzunehmen. Die Folgen für seine Karriere sind verheerend.
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Idee für die nächste Verfilmung: Victor Frankenstein, ein wissenshungriger early career researcher, forscht an der Universität Ingolstadt, doch das WissZeitVG zwingt ihn, sein Projekt in die Schweiz und bis nach schottland mitzunehmen. Die Folgen für seine Karriere sind verheerend.
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When it comes to holistic fitness I am a better cyclist than Tadej Pogacar because I can ride my bike while working 40 hours a week and also eating a shitton of donuts.
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When it comes to holistic fitness I am a better cyclist than Tadej Pogacar because I can ride my bike while working 40 hours a week and also eating a shitton of donuts.
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This has brought up a question I actually don't know - when did the specific form "the fae" become so popular in English?
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This has brought up a question I actually don't know - when did the specific form "the fae" become so popular in English?
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
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1/14
Im Wissenschaftssystem entstehen durch Befristungen, Unterbesetzungen, strukturelle Prekarität keine Vakuumsituationen, sondern informelle Verschiebungen von Arbeit, Verantwortung, Macht.
Diese Diffusion stabilisiert das System auf Kosten derer, die am wenigsten abgesichert sind.
#IchBinHanna
Im Wissenschaftssystem entstehen durch Befristungen, Unterbesetzungen, strukturelle Prekarität keine Vakuumsituationen, sondern informelle Verschiebungen von Arbeit, Verantwortung, Macht.
Diese Diffusion stabilisiert das System auf Kosten derer, die am wenigsten abgesichert sind.
#IchBinHanna
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
1/14
Im Wissenschaftssystem entstehen durch Befristungen, Unterbesetzungen, strukturelle Prekarität keine Vakuumsituationen, sondern informelle Verschiebungen von Arbeit, Verantwortung, Macht.
Diese Diffusion stabilisiert das System auf Kosten derer, die am wenigsten abgesichert sind.
#IchBinHanna
Im Wissenschaftssystem entstehen durch Befristungen, Unterbesetzungen, strukturelle Prekarität keine Vakuumsituationen, sondern informelle Verschiebungen von Arbeit, Verantwortung, Macht.
Diese Diffusion stabilisiert das System auf Kosten derer, die am wenigsten abgesichert sind.
#IchBinHanna
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14/14
(c) „Post-hierarchische Fiktion“
Das Wissenschaftssystem wirkt flach und kollegial – aber Hierarchien werden nicht abgebaut, sondern entformalisiert.
Verantwortung wandert nach unten, Entscheidungsmacht bleibt oben.
→ typische post-neoliberale Organisationsform.
(c) „Post-hierarchische Fiktion“
Das Wissenschaftssystem wirkt flach und kollegial – aber Hierarchien werden nicht abgebaut, sondern entformalisiert.
Verantwortung wandert nach unten, Entscheidungsmacht bleibt oben.
→ typische post-neoliberale Organisationsform.
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
14/14
(c) „Post-hierarchische Fiktion“
Das Wissenschaftssystem wirkt flach und kollegial – aber Hierarchien werden nicht abgebaut, sondern entformalisiert.
Verantwortung wandert nach unten, Entscheidungsmacht bleibt oben.
→ typische post-neoliberale Organisationsform.
(c) „Post-hierarchische Fiktion“
Das Wissenschaftssystem wirkt flach und kollegial – aber Hierarchien werden nicht abgebaut, sondern entformalisiert.
Verantwortung wandert nach unten, Entscheidungsmacht bleibt oben.
→ typische post-neoliberale Organisationsform.
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5/14
b) Verantwortungsdiffusion ohne Mandat
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitende übernehmen Aufgaben, die:
• nicht im Vertrag stehen
• nicht vergütet werden
• keine Entscheidungsbefugnis mit sich bringen
→ Verantwortung steigt, Handlungsfähigkeit nicht.
b) Verantwortungsdiffusion ohne Mandat
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitende übernehmen Aufgaben, die:
• nicht im Vertrag stehen
• nicht vergütet werden
• keine Entscheidungsbefugnis mit sich bringen
→ Verantwortung steigt, Handlungsfähigkeit nicht.
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
5/14
b) Verantwortungsdiffusion ohne Mandat
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitende übernehmen Aufgaben, die:
• nicht im Vertrag stehen
• nicht vergütet werden
• keine Entscheidungsbefugnis mit sich bringen
→ Verantwortung steigt, Handlungsfähigkeit nicht.
b) Verantwortungsdiffusion ohne Mandat
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitende übernehmen Aufgaben, die:
• nicht im Vertrag stehen
• nicht vergütet werden
• keine Entscheidungsbefugnis mit sich bringen
→ Verantwortung steigt, Handlungsfähigkeit nicht.